[QRP] QRP, Buddipole, and Recent antenna experiments

[w5xe at juno.com]

Hello Daniel.  I went thru and re-read your posting
concerning your new location and antenna possibilities.
Living in a mobile home and for many years my 90 ft long
yard was divided in half by a utility drop to a neighboring
space.  In addition, I had a pole with transformer
and drop lines along two other sides of the space
which made using any kind of high wire antenna almost
impossible.  What I did was find the furtherest point
where I could erect a pushup mast, and then put
the wire antenna as a sloping vee toward the ends of
the yard which gave me pretty good capability with
a 100 ft dipole type antenna.  If you can put a small 
(10 ft fibreglass?) mast on the center area of your roof, 
maybe if you have a chimney to mount it to or a sewer vent,
and string one of the W4RNL described 44 ft dipoles
fed with 450 line - they do get high praise from many.
66 ft might work also, with a tuner all bands should
be possible.  Getting the feed point up and away from
the mettalic items you describe will help a lot.  Just
some ideas, maybe you have already thought of them.
Here, I have a low, v shaped 100 ft dipole and a 80-10 mtr 
vertical system.  An old saying - if you can't go out, go up.

73 and good luck
Ray, W5XE
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Ray Colbert, W5XE, OOTC#3618, SOWP#1064M NARTE-NCT2R 
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